Abstract

El escritor colombiano Luis Fayad a través de su narrativa ha estado siempre ligado a la temática urbana, en concreto al caso de Bogotá como la potencial megalópolis colombiana. Muchos de sus relatos y novelas giran en torno al tejido social de una Bogotá ampliamente fragmentada y compleja. El autor ha sabido indagar y diseccionar los intercisos que delimitan las diferentes capas de la sociedad local. En este estudio me ocupo de tres cuentos en los que Fayad por medio de la ficción retrata e invita a reflexionar sobre la marginalidad urbana a partir de jóvenes personajes que vagabundean y viven en las calles delinquiendo. Estos textos, a pesar de su carácter ficcional, documentan la realidad marginal acontecida en Bogotá durante las décadas del sesenta y setenta. Estos relatos más allá de sus bondades estéticas, sirven para establecer y perpetuar la memoria de la ciudad, evidenciando indirectamente un proyecto social fallido, una niñez y una juventud malogradas, y un intento truncado de modernización.

Alternate abstract:

Colombian writer Luis Fayad through his literature has always been linked to urban themes, specifically to the case of Bogotá as the future Colombian megalopolis. Many of his stories and novels revolve around the social fabric of a widely fragmented and complex Colombian capital. The author has been able to explore and dissect the interstices that delimit the different layers of the local society. In this study, I analyze three short stories in which the author through his fiction portrays and invites the reader to reflect on urban marginality. The protagonists of these works are minors who idly roam and live on the streets participating in unlawful behavior. These texts, despite their fictional features, document the marginal reality that occurred in Bogotá over the sixties and seventies. These narratives beyond their aesthetic merits, help perpetuate the memory of the city. Fayad’s stories indirectly reveal a failed social project, a wasted childhood and youth, and a broken plan of modernization.

Details

Title
Bogotá: rostros de marginación y delincuencia juvenil en tres cuentos de Luis Fayad
Author
Bernal, Álvaro Antonio
Pages
245-262
Section
Artículos
Publication year
2021
Publication date
Jan-Jun 2021
Publisher
Universidad de Antioquía
ISSN
01234412
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Spanish
ProQuest document ID
2622768306
Copyright
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